May, 2013

For episode 20, we tackle the topic of tooling proficiency on your release engineering, ops, and development teams, specifically through the lens of version control tools. Version control is becoming a ubiquitous part of the “DevOps movement,” and we talk through what level of understanding should be expected, what level of training should be provided, and whether those are different for different teams or different tools. Plus, we poke a lil’ fun at git, as we try to answer:

Tool Tip

Youssuf introduces us to tig, an ncurses-frontend for git, similar to gitk, but great for machines where you don’t have Tcl or X!

Join Us!

Do you run into lack-of-proficiency with version control or other tools with teammates? Does it slow your team down? Is there a point in having “integration engineers” or “tool/language lawyers” anymore?

It’s that time of year again where chefs (and sous-chefs!) come together to talk all-things Chef! This year’s ChefConf took place last week in San Francisco, and the crew of the Ship Show attended to experience it all first hand. We took in the sights and sounds of the workshops and presentations, as well as the all-important hallway track! We join forces with the cast of Chef community’s premier podcast, the Food Fight Show—”Where chefs do battle!”—for a: